Lisa M. Bradley 💀
@cafenowhere.bsky.social
Queer, disabled Latina spec-fic poet/author/editor. Work in LeVar Burton Reads, Fantasy, Lightspeed, Uncanny, & F&SF. Poetry Editor for Strange Horizons. www.lisambradley.com
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Exile a book by Lisa M Bradley
Twenty years ago, a toxic spill in the small, southwest Texas town of Exile poisoned residents with permanent rage. The feds' response? Quarantine. Only residents who pass the feds' 4-S test can escap...
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For the new folks, links to my books:
Exile, a dystopian novel: bitl.to/3JmB
The Haunted Girl, a collection of short fiction and poetry: www.aqueductpress.com/books/978-1-...
Climbing Lightly Through Forests, A Poetry Anthology Honoring Ursula K. LeGuin, ed with R.B. Lemberg: bitl.to/3Jm7
Exile, a dystopian novel: bitl.to/3JmB
The Haunted Girl, a collection of short fiction and poetry: www.aqueductpress.com/books/978-1-...
Climbing Lightly Through Forests, A Poetry Anthology Honoring Ursula K. LeGuin, ed with R.B. Lemberg: bitl.to/3Jm7
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"In the face of the hopelessness that marks our modern lives, Dogwitch is marked by an insistent urge to be present, perceive, and try our damnedest to save difficult, dangerous creatures anyway."
I'm having trouble believing my luck in @violetagm.bsky.social's precise attention to these poems. ❤️
I'm having trouble believing my luck in @violetagm.bsky.social's precise attention to these poems. ❤️
“Think dog as hygrometer calibrated for storm-turn, dog as live wire volta.”
Just a beauty of a review this morning by Violeta Garcia-Mendoza of Catherine Rockwood’s chapbook DOGWITCH, new from Bottlecap Press (2025).
@martin65.bsky.social @violetagm.bsky.social
Just a beauty of a review this morning by Violeta Garcia-Mendoza of Catherine Rockwood’s chapbook DOGWITCH, new from Bottlecap Press (2025).
@martin65.bsky.social @violetagm.bsky.social
Howl It So: A Review of Catherine Rockwood’s Dogwitch by Violeta Garcia-Mendoza
Dogwitch by Catherine Rockwood (Bottlecap Press, 2025). 28 pages. $10 Dogwitch by Catherine Rockwood (Bottlecap Press, 2025) As family lore goes, I was a little girl who required an extensive colle…
moistpoetryjournal.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"In the face of the hopelessness that marks our modern lives, Dogwitch is marked by an insistent urge to be present, perceive, and try our damnedest to save difficult, dangerous creatures anyway."
I'm having trouble believing my luck in @violetagm.bsky.social's precise attention to these poems. ❤️
I'm having trouble believing my luck in @violetagm.bsky.social's precise attention to these poems. ❤️
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🎉It's my book day!🎉
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🎉It's my book day!🎉
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
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My story "In the Zone", about a young woman with a special power that allows her to rescue immigrants, is now available to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com. Check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-t...
In the Zone - Lightspeed Magazine
As her head hit the pillow, Yadira felt exhausted and relieved. Exhausted, because she’d worked on a very large collage almost the whole day straight. Her shoulder blades ached from hunching over her ...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My story "In the Zone", about a young woman with a special power that allows her to rescue immigrants, is now available to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com. Check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-t...
My story "In the Zone", about a young woman with a special power that allows her to rescue immigrants, is now available to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com. Check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-t...
In the Zone - Lightspeed Magazine
As her head hit the pillow, Yadira felt exhausted and relieved. Exhausted, because she’d worked on a very large collage almost the whole day straight. Her shoulder blades ached from hunching over her ...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My story "In the Zone", about a young woman with a special power that allows her to rescue immigrants, is now available to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com. Check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-t...
Today’s weather report
A wind came.
It blew across the land.
The pile of leaves that Frog had raked for Toad blew everywhere.
The pile of leaves that Toad had raked for Frog blew everywhere.
It blew across the land.
The pile of leaves that Frog had raked for Toad blew everywhere.
The pile of leaves that Toad had raked for Frog blew everywhere.
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Today’s weather report
Predator: Badlands doesn’t just skewer toxic masculinity, it also offers a different model for masculinity and strength. And it mocks the notion of rugged individualism in favor of diverse community. It does so without being pretentious or forgetting why this has become a beloved franchise.
FYI: Dan Trachtenberg's new film deepens the Yautja lore as well as the franchise's themes. With PREDATOR: BADLANDS, he's three for three.
PREDATOR: BADLANDS Review: The Unlikely Return of the Buddy Action Flick
Dan Trachtenberg's new film deepens the Yautja lore as well as the franchise's themes. With PREDATOR: BADLANDS, he's three for three.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Predator: Badlands doesn’t just skewer toxic masculinity, it also offers a different model for masculinity and strength. And it mocks the notion of rugged individualism in favor of diverse community. It does so without being pretentious or forgetting why this has become a beloved franchise.
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Lisa made this delicious and pretty chocolate bourbon pecan pie today! Sorry, folks, I don't think we have any extra to share ... There's two of us and only one pie, so...
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Lisa made this delicious and pretty chocolate bourbon pecan pie today! Sorry, folks, I don't think we have any extra to share ... There's two of us and only one pie, so...
I’m baking a chocolate bourbon pecan pie and looking forward to seeing Predator: Badlands later today.
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I’m baking a chocolate bourbon pecan pie and looking forward to seeing Predator: Badlands later today.
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👋🏿 Next week is my VERY LAST in person lab exam and I'm $905 short of the coin needed to get me there/back cause Oct. gigs were iffy.
Thank you for rocking with me through 2.5 yrs of continuous calamity. This is the last 13.8% of this campaign. Every bit helps.
Thank you for rocking with me through 2.5 yrs of continuous calamity. This is the last 13.8% of this campaign. Every bit helps.
Oh Hai 👋🏿
If I can keep these gig contracts steady, the last 15% of this campaign (that I started in October 2022) will go to the bigger ticket items that I still need like neonate appropriate pulse oximeters, for ex., and my licensure exam fees.
This is what I came for.
If I can keep these gig contracts steady, the last 15% of this campaign (that I started in October 2022) will go to the bigger ticket items that I still need like neonate appropriate pulse oximeters, for ex., and my licensure exam fees.
This is what I came for.
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
👋🏿 Next week is my VERY LAST in person lab exam and I'm $905 short of the coin needed to get me there/back cause Oct. gigs were iffy.
Thank you for rocking with me through 2.5 yrs of continuous calamity. This is the last 13.8% of this campaign. Every bit helps.
Thank you for rocking with me through 2.5 yrs of continuous calamity. This is the last 13.8% of this campaign. Every bit helps.
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Berry palette, November.
As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly.
Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷
As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly.
Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Berry palette, November.
As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly.
Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷
As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly.
Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷
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We should be infinitely grateful that Trump and Musk and all these fascist oligarchs are so transparently miserable and pathetic. It shatters the fantasy that has kept capitalism humming and makes it undeniable that things have to change.
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We should be infinitely grateful that Trump and Musk and all these fascist oligarchs are so transparently miserable and pathetic. It shatters the fantasy that has kept capitalism humming and makes it undeniable that things have to change.
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Just on a personal note, reporting this story broke my heart. Of all the unfathomable things Trump has done this year, putting SNAP recipients through this psychological hell tops the list. My endless gratitude to everyone who spoke to me. To all who who are suffering: I'm so sorry.
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Just on a personal note, reporting this story broke my heart. Of all the unfathomable things Trump has done this year, putting SNAP recipients through this psychological hell tops the list. My endless gratitude to everyone who spoke to me. To all who who are suffering: I'm so sorry.
I’m very pleased that the campaigns for which I wrote postcards to voters triumphed yesterday. It’s invigorating to have a part, however small, in big change. And I just mailed out more cards for a special election in December!
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I’m very pleased that the campaigns for which I wrote postcards to voters triumphed yesterday. It’s invigorating to have a part, however small, in big change. And I just mailed out more cards for a special election in December!
Coffee, poetry, silence. Somewhere, a cat lurks.
November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Coffee, poetry, silence. Somewhere, a cat lurks.
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Thank you to everyone who's donated & shared so far for your generosity. But Archita is at 70% to her goal & donations have slowed. Please help her get some security in this terrible time if you can.
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
www.gofundme.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Thank you to everyone who's donated & shared so far for your generosity. But Archita is at 70% to her goal & donations have slowed. Please help her get some security in this terrible time if you can.
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Eeee, it’s Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! 📖🍰
It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg
A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia, a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and de...
www.interstellarflightpress.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Eeee, it’s Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! 📖🍰
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It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg
A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia, a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and de...
www.interstellarflightpress.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
Finished reading a book, looked up and realized I was late, as usual, for #HorrorWatch
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Finished reading a book, looked up and realized I was late, as usual, for #HorrorWatch
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This year also featured Xochipilli, the Mexica (Aztec) fertility god of dancing & flowers.
Dia de Muertos is a syncretic holiday that folds in elements of European Catholicism & Mexica traditional mythology.
It's a way of honoring the duality of Mexican culture in the US.
Dia de Muertos is a syncretic holiday that folds in elements of European Catholicism & Mexica traditional mythology.
It's a way of honoring the duality of Mexican culture in the US.
Viva la Vida Festival parade returns to Downtown Austin
City of Austin and the Mexic-Arte Museum host the 39th Annual Viva La Vida Festival and Parade, celebrating Día de los Muertos in Downtown Austin, Texas.
www.statesman.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This year also featured Xochipilli, the Mexica (Aztec) fertility god of dancing & flowers.
Dia de Muertos is a syncretic holiday that folds in elements of European Catholicism & Mexica traditional mythology.
It's a way of honoring the duality of Mexican culture in the US.
Dia de Muertos is a syncretic holiday that folds in elements of European Catholicism & Mexica traditional mythology.
It's a way of honoring the duality of Mexican culture in the US.
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Paths of cempasúchil (marigolds) guide the dead back to their loved ones with sun-like warmth.
The crisantemo (chrysanthemum) represent eternity, the returning cycles of the seasons.
The clavel (carnation) are the most durable, fragrant & were used to make floral crowns for the gods.
The crisantemo (chrysanthemum) represent eternity, the returning cycles of the seasons.
The clavel (carnation) are the most durable, fragrant & were used to make floral crowns for the gods.
Anyone can make a Día de Muertos altar. Here's how
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is Nov. 1 and 2, 2021. Here's what goes into building an ofrenda, or altar, for a deceased loved one.
www.latimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Paths of cempasúchil (marigolds) guide the dead back to their loved ones with sun-like warmth.
The crisantemo (chrysanthemum) represent eternity, the returning cycles of the seasons.
The clavel (carnation) are the most durable, fragrant & were used to make floral crowns for the gods.
The crisantemo (chrysanthemum) represent eternity, the returning cycles of the seasons.
The clavel (carnation) are the most durable, fragrant & were used to make floral crowns for the gods.
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Viva la Vida is Austin, TX's longest running Dia de los Muertos celebration, in its 39th year, sponsored by the Mexic-Arte Museum.
This year's parade had a special theme of 'Flores de la Ofrenda' (flowers of the altar), celebrating the significance of the marigold, chrysanthemum & carnation.
This year's parade had a special theme of 'Flores de la Ofrenda' (flowers of the altar), celebrating the significance of the marigold, chrysanthemum & carnation.
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Viva la Vida is Austin, TX's longest running Dia de los Muertos celebration, in its 39th year, sponsored by the Mexic-Arte Museum.
This year's parade had a special theme of 'Flores de la Ofrenda' (flowers of the altar), celebrating the significance of the marigold, chrysanthemum & carnation.
This year's parade had a special theme of 'Flores de la Ofrenda' (flowers of the altar), celebrating the significance of the marigold, chrysanthemum & carnation.
“from the core of my donkey soul”
November 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“from the core of my donkey soul”
We totally ran out of the gluten free treats last night, so maybe we should only offer gf stuff? Hot cocoa, apples, cereal and bobo’s. The kids seem drawn to the novelty, so long as other houses are still providing candy.
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We totally ran out of the gluten free treats last night, so maybe we should only offer gf stuff? Hot cocoa, apples, cereal and bobo’s. The kids seem drawn to the novelty, so long as other houses are still providing candy.
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Two All Soul's poems from @havehashad.com last year 🖤
Why I prefer All Souls to Halloween
The day the license expires
some revelers decide
to never give up their wigs knives beards talons glitter
www.havehashad.com/preview/hadp...
Why I prefer All Souls to Halloween
The day the license expires
some revelers decide
to never give up their wigs knives beards talons glitter
www.havehashad.com/preview/hadp...
Two Poems by Catherine Rockwood
Why I prefer All Souls to Halloween
The day the license expires
some revelers decide
to never give up their wigs knives beards talons glitter
On Thomas Street
Little alta...
www.havehashad.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Two All Soul's poems from @havehashad.com last year 🖤
Why I prefer All Souls to Halloween
The day the license expires
some revelers decide
to never give up their wigs knives beards talons glitter
www.havehashad.com/preview/hadp...
Why I prefer All Souls to Halloween
The day the license expires
some revelers decide
to never give up their wigs knives beards talons glitter
www.havehashad.com/preview/hadp...
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For any and all of my books sold between now and Dec. 1 (or when the gov't reopens, whichever comes first), I'll donate $1 to Arlington Food Assistance Center. You can find all of my books on my website: sonorawrites.com/books/ Please share!
Books
The Crow’s Gift and Other Tales Please Give Wither and Other Stories Without Condition Little Paranoias: Stories Seeing Things Available in Spanish from Dilatando Mentes Editorial Someo…
sonorawrites.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For any and all of my books sold between now and Dec. 1 (or when the gov't reopens, whichever comes first), I'll donate $1 to Arlington Food Assistance Center. You can find all of my books on my website: sonorawrites.com/books/ Please share!